Feb 2002 Doings
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2002: The Odyssey continues...
      an aural/autodidactic journey into Ellingtonia
, supplemented by readings in 
        The Duke Ellington Reader -
Mark Tucker, ed.;
         Duke Ellington: A Listener's Guide - Eddie Lambert; and
         The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings ["RCA Box"] liner notes

  • Elllington at Newport 1956 (Complete) (Columbia)
  • Such Sweet Thunder (Columbia)
  • 1956 Stratford Festival (Music & Arts)

Listening

  • Louis Armstrong - Satchmo the Great (Columbia)
  • Muhal Richard Abrams feat. Malachi Favors - Sightsong (Black Saint)
  • Derek Bailey/Han Bennink - Post Improvisation 2: Air Mail (Incus)
  • Jorge Ben - África Brasil (Philips/Universal)
  • Anthony Braxton/Mario Pavone Quintet - Seven Standards 1995 (KFW)
  • James Brown - "School Is In" (Fome)
  • Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off, Baby (Reprise, LP)
  • Brandon Evans & Anthony Braxton - Elliptical Axis 15 (Parallactic)
  • Tony Fruscella - Pernod (Jazz Factory)
  • Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On: Deluxe Edition (Motown)
  • Mahalia Jackson - Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns (Columbia)
  • Steve Lacy - Five Facings (FMP)
  • The Langley Schools Music Project - Innocence & Despair (Bar/None)
  • Robert Mitchum - Calypso Is Like So... (Scamp)
  • Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves (Mango)
  • Herbie Nichols Trio - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Bethlehem)
  • Django Reinhardt - Volume Four: 1935-36 Paris Decca & 1936 HMV sessions (JSP)
  • Django Reinhardt - Volume Five: 1937 HMV sessions & 1935 Garnet Clark recordings (JSP)
  • Schoenberg/Berg/Webern [Peter Hill] - Piano Music (Naxos)
  • Frank Sinatra - Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely (Capitol)
  • Linval Thompson - Ride On Dreadlocks 1975-77 (Blood and Fire)
  • Henry Threadgill's Zooid - Up Popped The Two Lips (Pi)
  • Marcos Valle - Garra (Odeon/EMI Japan)
  • various artists - Soul Source: Jackson 5 Remixes (Motown/Polydor Japan)

Reading

  • My Last Sigh - Luis Buñuel
  • White Noise - Dom DeLillo
  • Kon Ichikawa - James Quandt, ed.

Watching

  • Songs From The Second Floor - Roy Andersson (European Union Film Festival @ Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Word and Utopia - Manoel de Oliveira (European Union Film Festival @ Gene Siskel Film Center)
         
  • Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles - Chantal Akerman (Block Museum of Art)
  • Ototo [Her Brother] - Kon Ichikawa (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • I Am Two [Watashi wa nisai] - Kon Ichikawa (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • A Page of Madness - Teinosuke Kinugasa (Chicago Filmmakers @ Columbia College) with live music by Pillow
  • Le samourai - Jean-Pierre Melville (Music Box)
  • "Wry Smiles, Suspicious Glances: The Films of Andrzej Munk" (Walter Reade Theater, NYC)
    • Peasant Memories - Andrzej Munk
    • A Visit to the Old City - Andrzej Munk
    • Eroica - Andrzej Munk
    • Bad Luck - Andrzej Munk
    • Passenger - Andrzej Munk (completed by Witold Lesiewicz)
  • The Tarnished Angels - Douglas Sirk (Music Box)
  • Moscow Elegy - Alexander Sokurov (MOMA, NYC)
  • Hubert Robert, A Fortunate Life - Alexander Sokurov (MOMA, NYC)
  • The River - Tsai Ming-liang (Music Box)
  • The Hole - Tsai Ming-liang (Music Box)
        
  • The Wages of Fear - Henri-Georges Clouzot (CATV)
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice - Tay Garnett (CATV)
  • Switchblade Sisters - Jack Hill (DVD)
  • The Asphalt Jungle - John Huston (CATV)
  • Kansas City Confidential - Phil Karlson (CATV)
  • You're Telling Me - Erle C. Kenton (CATV)
  • The Decalogue: VIII-X - Krzysztof Kieslowski (DVD)
  • It's A Gift - Norman McLeod (CATV)
  • The White Balloon - Jafar Panahi (CATV)
  • The Killers - Robert Siodmak (CATV)
  • Breaking The Waves - Lars von Trier (DVD)